RE: Almost 90% think war is retaliation for Saddam’s role in 9/11

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http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075

U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006

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- Almost 90% think war is retaliation for Saddam’s role in 9/11, most don’t blame Iraqi public for insurgent attacks

This is an incredible poll, however this one item sticks out a like a sore thumb. When I saw this figure I was quickly reminded of the documentary, "Why We Fight", that I recently had the opportunity to see.

http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/000773.html

The new documentary Why We Fight features a retired New York City policeman and Vietnam veteran named Wilton Sekzer. It examines his turbulent emotions after his son Jason was killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

At first Sekzer just wants revenge, and he understands the Bush administration to be saying Iraq was somehow responsible. So not only does he support the Iraq war, he asks the Pentagon to write his son's name on a bomb. They do, and drop it east of Baghdad.



Obviously Sekzer wasn't alone in feeling this way about 9/11 and Iraq. Until recently, polls showed a majority of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was "personally involved" in the attacks.

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As Why We Fight shows, Wilton Sekzer was stunned when—many months after the invasion—George Bush explicitly said there was no evidence Iraq was involved in 9/11. He felt duped and betrayed. And now not only is his son gone, so is any faith he had in the U.S. government.

I imagine there are many Wilton Sekzer's out there, who believed the lies that BushCo fed them. Unfortunately it will take a long time for them to see the truth. One person at a time...